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This whole blog is interesting, glad to have been introduced to it. As an American, I love being reminded how young everything about us is. See, for example, th
by stuart78 9y ago
This whole blog is interesting, glad to have been introduced to it. As an American, I love being reminded how young everything about us is. See, for example, the entry about the Duchy of Cornwall [0]:
"The Duchy was created in 1337 by Edward III, as a personal endowment for his son, the Black Prince. Ever since, its lands and revenues have belonged to the male heir to the throne – in recent times, Charles, Prince of Wales."
I acknowledge (and sympathize with) the author's interest in greater transparency, but I also have an appreciation for institutions that survive in this way, anachronistic and antiquated though it may be.
https://whoownsengland.org/2017/03/15/what-land-does-the-duchy-of-cornwall-own/ https://whoownsengland.org/2017/03/15/what-land-does-the-duc...
- rtx 9y agoThey survive through violence.
- chesimov 9y agoWhich definition of violence?
- DanBC 9y agoThe queen has armed active (not ceremonial) soldiers inside her home. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen%27s_Guard https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen%27s_Guard
- JonRB 9y agoSome people don't recognise that they aren't ceremonial. There are a couple of sensationalised arrest videos where somebody's trying to make a big deal out of being 'aggressed' by the Queen's Guard.
- dhruvrrp 9y agoWas there an alternative that didn't require violence?
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- Brakenshire 9y agoThey survive because capital grows faster than the general economy.
- tonyedgecombe 9y agoThat's probably the only way we will get rid of them as well.